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THE MIC will recommend that the Government give single mothers an allowance of between RM500 and RM600 to help them lessen their financial burden, Tamil Nesan reported.
Its president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said the present allowance of as low as RM90 a month was not sufficient, especially if the single mothers were residing in urban areas like Kuala Lumpur.
He said the party, through its social arm, the Social Strategic Foundation, had made several recommendations to the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry to assist single mothers.
He said there were between 7,000 and 8,000 Indian single mothers in the country.
He was speaking to reporters after opening a Tamil speech competition organised by the Malaysia Hindu Sangam in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
Samy Vellu also welcomed the increased allocation of RM782mil for the ministry under Budget 2008 which was unveiled by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi last Friday.
He added that MIC had embarked on several programmes to train single mothers so that they can become independent and earn a good salary.
